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Thanks for the advice everyone. Unfortunately I haven't had a chance to discuss the diet change with the vet yet. At this stage it looks like he might be at the vets for a couple more days, depending on his next blood tests. Just from a quick discussion with one of the nurses today, they suggested the chicken mince may be ok, definetly no carcases and I think they might want to put him on the Hills ID prescription diet dry food (glad I didn't buy another 15kg bag of Eagle Pack just yet!). From the advice everyone has given it sounds like his diet willl probably come down to just how sensitive he is. He gets feed human grade chicken mince which usually looks pretty lean, but I'll talk to the vet about the roo mince. My only concern with the roo mince is he stools can be a bit loose if he gets too much. So perhaps a mix of roo and chicken mince? I've sworn of greenies since I've been educated about them.

Are chicken carcases and necks ok or are they fairly high in fat? I'm guessing marrow bones and lamb flaps will probably be off the menu.

Thanks. I'm wondering if it was a combination of the pork fat and the the bone. From what I've been reading, I think I've probably been lucky, as it sounds like it could have been a lot worse. He had a bit of diarrhoea and his tummy was tight and he just didn't seem very happy, but no vomiting or extreme pain. Can it come on all of a sudden? Because although he doesn't get fatty scraps very often he has had bits of bacon rind and alike before with no problems? I'll have to become a food Nazi and ban everyone from feeding him scraps!

The only different thing he has eaten in the last few days is beef bone (though he has had these before without incident) and a bit of pork fat. But I'm not really sure what triggered it as he is nearly 13 and has never had any problems before. I'm hoping the vet might be able to shed a bit more light on it tomorrow.

We just found out my 13 year old boy (ACD x BC) has pancreatitis. He has to spend the night at the vets on a drip. Hopefully I will be able to bring him home tomorrow. Fortunately I think we caught it early as we noticed he was panting quite a bit and refused to eat his food last night (a definite sign my boy isn't feeling good as he usually has the appetite of a Labrador!). What foods are suitable for a dog with pancreatitis? At the moment he is on 100g of chicken mince mixed veggies a couple of chicken necks and half a cup of Eagle Pack Holisitic. He also gets chicken carcasses and sardines twice a week. Are the sardines a no-no? I don't know that there is a whole lot I can cut out of his diet as it's already fairly restricted since we've been trying to get him to drop a couple of kilos.